Detonating device.



S. J. HIBON. DBTONATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1s, 1912.

1,068,431. l Patented July 29, 1913.

ATTORNEYS SIDNEY JOI-IN HIBON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ASI-IER KLEINIVIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETONATING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application led June 18, 1912. Serial No. 704,311.

To all whom @'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY J. HIBON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city or' New York, borough of lllanhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Detonating Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in detonating devices for amusement purposes, and it has for its object to provide a construction of this sort in which all danger in the use thereof is eliminated.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which the same characters of reference indicate the saine parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of one form of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal construction of the operating end of the same.

On the drawings my detonating device comprises a rod l which is shown as made of twisted wire but obviously any other construction will answer.- This rod l has a handle 2, and a bent end 3, and on this bent end is slipped a hollow bar @l having a bore 5, which receives the bent end 3 and forms a snug Iit therewith, so that the bar l and the handle 3 will hold together. From the other end of the bar t extends a bore 6; and 7 is an aperture leading through the side of the bar into the bore. 8 is the detonating plunger which enters the bore 6, and 9 is a leaf spring secured to the outer end of the plunger S at one end and to the bar l at the other end. Normally the set of the spring is such that the plunger 8 will be retained in thebore 6 with its inner end spaced from the inner end of the bore 6 a distance less than the length of the bore 5, so that the parts will be prevented from getting separated and lost.

In operation, any convenient explosive, such as a safety cap, or even the head of an ordinary safety match, can be inserted into the bore 6, the plunger 8 being pulled out against the tension of the spring 9, for this purpose. The end of the plunger 8 is then re-lnserted into the b-ore or cavity 6 behind the cap; and to cause an explosion the device is grasped by the handle 2, and the user strikes it smartly against anv fixed object. In so doing he may cause either the bar l at the point where it is bent as shown at 3, or the outer end of the plunger 8, to receive a direct impact, and in either case the shock will be sutlicient to cause the plunger 8 to strike the explo-sive hard enough to detonate the same. The explosion will drive the plunger 8 out a slight distance, but only far enough to uncover the aperture 7 through which the gases will escape.

I prefer to use safety caps so that, if thes-e caps are dropped anywhere and walked upon, no accidents will result. The device can be used for amusement purposes or as an alarm device instead of a firearm in case some one should ind it necessary to summon help in the night-time.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a very simple detonating device which can be easily and cheaply made, and I have found that a very loud report can be produced with my construction without the necessity of using any dangerous explosives.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a detonating device, the combination of a rod having a handle, said rod having a bent end, a hollow bar having a bore receiving said bent end, said bar having a second bore therein, an aperture leading through the Y bore, a plunger received in seid second b ore name to this speoication in the presence of of said bar, and a leaf spring connecting two subscribing` Witnesses. said plunger to said rod, sind spring holding' the plunger spaced from the inner end of SIDNEY JOHN HIBON' said second bore :L distance less than the vWitnesses: length of the first bore in said bar. AsHER KLEINMAN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my LAURETTE M. HENRY.

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